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a simple cross and memorial tablet mark the site near the graves of john and robert kennedy. sunday was the first day the public could enter the area after a private family service saturday. >>> michael jackson's father is calling for a full congressional investigation into his son's death. joe jackson told sky news that more than just doctors were involved. a day earlier the los angeles coroner announced jackson's death was a homicide caused mainly by propofol and another sedative. he is scheduled to be buried this thursday. >>> chance to toot our own horns at abc. the network was the top winner of last night's emmy awards. lifetime achievement award went to "sesame street" for 40 years of educating children. "the bold and the beautiful" took top honors and abc's "the view" won for best talk show hosts and "good morning america" was honored as the best morning program. >> congrats to them. >> "america this morning" not on the list. maybe next year. >> or the year after that. >>> those american hikers being held in iran. >>> our snapshot of the morning. gcaoousus aord e.e.us
a simple cross and memorial tablet mark the site near the graves of john and robert kennedy. sunday was the first day the public could enter the area after a private family service saturday. >>> michael jackson's father is calling for a full congressional investigation into his son's death. joe jackson told sky news that more than just doctors were involved. a day earlier the los angeles coroner announced jackson's death was a homicide caused mainly by propofol and another sedative. he...
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. >> robert kennedy jr. said it reminded him of the crowds who came to say goodbye to his father. >> it is a cross-section of america. middle class, working class. people standing in frontf their houses carrying american flags. >> thousands more lined the 70- mile journey to boston, where the mayor rang the bell at faneuil hall 47 times, one for each year kennedy served in the senate. >> he is a national treasure, but he's just so close to our hearts. >> they came to say goodbye. >> it is our way of saying thank you. >> thank you for nearly five decades of service. >> tonight there will be an irish wake. president obama will speak at the funeral before senator kennedy is laid to rest. >>> senator kennedy continue to fight for health care reform even in his final months. some of his allies are hoping his death will spark a change of heart on capitol hill. >> if people are truly interested in honoring his legacy, the best possible legacy is to pass health care reform. >> i am getting upset at some of these peo
. >> robert kennedy jr. said it reminded him of the crowds who came to say goodbye to his father. >> it is a cross-section of america. middle class, working class. people standing in frontf their houses carrying american flags. >> thousands more lined the 70- mile journey to boston, where the mayor rang the bell at faneuil hall 47 times, one for each year kennedy served in the senate. >> he is a national treasure, but he's just so close to our hearts. >> they came...
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nephew robert kennedy, jr. speaks of the man who was his uncle and his surrogate father and of the ride from cape cod where well wishers lined the roads. >> it's really moving for me and all the members of my family. teddy was a surrogate father to me and 29 of my cousins, ten of my brothers and sister as we grew up. >> reporter: as darkness falls, victoria reggie kennedy, the senator's widow comes out to move down the long line of mourners and once again thank them. >> reporter: this day began on cape cod at the kennedy compound. our alison king has that part of the day's story. >> early thursday afternoon brought the first public glimpse ofhe very private scene ever since tuesday night when massachusetts senator ted kennedy passed away following a 16-month battle with brain cancer. the family gathered at noon for a private memorial mass and relatives spilled out on to the front porch where patrick kennedy comforted some and was comforted by others. with the senator's widow, victoria, and his last remaining si
nephew robert kennedy, jr. speaks of the man who was his uncle and his surrogate father and of the ride from cape cod where well wishers lined the roads. >> it's really moving for me and all the members of my family. teddy was a surrogate father to me and 29 of my cousins, ten of my brothers and sister as we grew up. >> reporter: as darkness falls, victoria reggie kennedy, the senator's widow comes out to move down the long line of mourners and once again thank them. >>...
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. >> john fitzgerald kennedy inspired our america. robert kennedy challenged our america. and our teddy changed america. >> reporter: from across the aisle, senator john mccain. >> i think i'm going to miss him more than i can say. >> reporter: and orrin hatch, with whom kennedy shared great fights and great love. >> teddy would lay into me with the harshest, red meat, liberal rhetoric you can imagine. but then moments later, he would put his arm around he me and ask, how did i do, orrin? >> reporter: heartfeltwards from vice president joe biden. >> he made us all better. his friends, family and foes. >> reporter: and finally, his niece, caroline. >> we're the ones who have to do all the things he would have done, for us, for each other, and for our country. ♪ to dream the impossible dream ♪ >> i will miss my irisfriend. god be with you, until we meet again. >> be at peace, my friend. america will be in your debt forever. >> smooth sailing, teddy. >> sail on, my friend. sail on. ♪ where the brave dare not go >> our thanks to john berman for that. >>> there are genera
. >> john fitzgerald kennedy inspired our america. robert kennedy challenged our america. and our teddy changed america. >> reporter: from across the aisle, senator john mccain. >> i think i'm going to miss him more than i can say. >> reporter: and orrin hatch, with whom kennedy shared great fights and great love. >> teddy would lay into me with the harshest, red meat, liberal rhetoric you can imagine. but then moments later, he would put his arm around he me and...
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robert kennedy, shot down, a martyr's death. it was unlikely, in many ways, that he would become the bearer of the torch. but he did bear it. and i think with a kind of -- ultimately, a kind of grace. but again, we have to see it as a journey, that is, as churchill said, both triumph and tragic. >> and what did you see as his principal power in the senate? >> interestingly, he seemed to be this liberal caricature. you know, i grew up in the south. and the worst thing you could say about someone in the reagan years was they were a tip o'neill/ted kennedy democrat. that was terrible. but he was able, when he was in that cloak room, and in the corridors of capitol hill, to be a real collegial lawmaker. i think you saw that with the first president bush's statement. and you see a lot, i think, of -- you will see, ultimately, an enormous bipartisan tribute to him because he believed in, as we've talked about, getting things done. and i think that's very much part of the kennedy legend. and the kennedy way of being. if you're in the a
robert kennedy, shot down, a martyr's death. it was unlikely, in many ways, that he would become the bearer of the torch. but he did bear it. and i think with a kind of -- ultimately, a kind of grace. but again, we have to see it as a journey, that is, as churchill said, both triumph and tragic. >> and what did you see as his principal power in the senate? >> interestingly, he seemed to be this liberal caricature. you know, i grew up in the south. and the worst thing you could say...
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who is the nephew of ted kennedy, the son of the late robert f. kennedy and then a trio of massachusetts congressmen, michael capuano, who represents cambridge and somerville, a long-time bay state congressman ed markey and former steel worker steven lynch who represents south boston. the lone woman being mentioned at this time is massachusetts attorney general martha coakley. >> lots of names being tossed around. t.j. winick, thanks. >> in washington hundreds of supporters descended on du pont circle for a candlelight vigil. this was not a political gathering but every day pele who say their lives were touched by the late senator. >> here's john donvan. >> reporter: his final years, they were good ones and personally rewarding and in some ways chasome ways charmed. >> sir edward kennedy. >> reporter: and what a contrast this was to those other days when a ted kennedy headline all too often spelled out a story of trouble. much of that trouble was visited upon him. the death of his brother joe when ted was only 12, then his sister kathleen was kill
who is the nephew of ted kennedy, the son of the late robert f. kennedy and then a trio of massachusetts congressmen, michael capuano, who represents cambridge and somerville, a long-time bay state congressman ed markey and former steel worker steven lynch who represents south boston. the lone woman being mentioned at this time is massachusetts attorney general martha coakley. >> lots of names being tossed around. t.j. winick, thanks. >> in washington hundreds of supporters...
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we've heard talk of naming a health care reform bill after senator kennedy. >> that's robert byrd. he's called kennedy the heart and soul of the senate. i think democrats want to do that. especially his best friend in the senate, chris dodd, who is likely to take his seat now permanently, as chairman of that health committee. but this debate has been fierce all across the country. sympathy for ted kennedy is there. i don't think it's going to fundamentally change the dynamic of the debate, based on my reporting. >> thanks to you, george. >>> i want to go back to chris now. he had a chance to talk to vice president joseph biden. chris? >> we keep hearing the senator described as a giant, a lawmaker, a politician. but really, it is the word friend, that you hear from both sides of the aisle. no more profound expression, than from the vice president joed biden. who says if it were not for ted kennedy, he would not be where he is today. please, sir, tell me what you have lost in a friend, in ted kennedy. >> i lost a feow, chris, who at every important stage of my life, he was there. he
we've heard talk of naming a health care reform bill after senator kennedy. >> that's robert byrd. he's called kennedy the heart and soul of the senate. i think democrats want to do that. especially his best friend in the senate, chris dodd, who is likely to take his seat now permanently, as chairman of that health committee. but this debate has been fierce all across the country. sympathy for ted kennedy is there. i don't think it's going to fundamentally change the dynamic of the...
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just a few felipe -- a few feet from the eternal flame and the simple white cross that marks robert kennedy paused grave will be ted kennedy's final resting place. >> it is nice that the brothers are all together. it is an nice memory for our country that they will be all together. >> groundskeepers are making the site needs and pristine for the people attending. the burial will have military honors. the rifle squad will fire a salute. the. then will be closed. visitors flocked here to reflect on history. >> it is sad because we have lost a great politician. a person who cares about people. >> this fills ted kennedy's final wishes with his wife, vicki. he has spent a lot of time here. now he will be reunited with his brothers. before he is laid to rest, his casket will proceed to the u.s. capitol so that staff members can pay their final respects. >> thank you. >>> stay with abc 74 continuing coverage of the senator paused continuing -- his final journey to arlington cemetery. >>> another tragedy for virginia tech. students were found dead yesterday in a campground mild -- miles from campgr
just a few felipe -- a few feet from the eternal flame and the simple white cross that marks robert kennedy paused grave will be ted kennedy's final resting place. >> it is nice that the brothers are all together. it is an nice memory for our country that they will be all together. >> groundskeepers are making the site needs and pristine for the people attending. the burial will have military honors. the rifle squad will fire a salute. the. then will be closed. visitors flocked here...
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and teddy kennedy died early yesterday. charlie gibson has a look back at shriver's trail blazing work with the special limb pigs. >> eunice was one of nine kennedy children. it was the boys who got most of the attention but eunice was still a force to be reckoned with. >> president kennedy used to say if eunice had been a man, she would have been president instead of jack. reporter: their sister rosemary was developmentally disabled and would leave a lasting impact on eunice. when john kennedy was elected president, it was eunice who pushed him to take action on behalf of the daebld. in 1962 she invited a hundred special needs kids to her home and started camp shriver, a camp to help kids excel through physical activity. was a a model for other communities and in 1968 the special olympics was born in chicago. today the special olympics serve nearly three million people with intellectual disabilities. eunice shriver did not have an easy life. >> eunice and three of her four children are among the visitors at the grave. >> r
and teddy kennedy died early yesterday. charlie gibson has a look back at shriver's trail blazing work with the special limb pigs. >> eunice was one of nine kennedy children. it was the boys who got most of the attention but eunice was still a force to be reckoned with. >> president kennedy used to say if eunice had been a man, she would have been president instead of jack. reporter: their sister rosemary was developmentally disabled and would leave a lasting impact on eunice. when...
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it will be held at a massachusetts shutch not far from church not far from the kennedy come pound. she died tuesday after a series of strokes. a funeral mass will be held tomorrow. a charles county judge could face sanctions after a dispute over a parking pace. >> robert nalley admits he deflated the tire on a car that repeatedly parked in a restricted area. he said he left notes on the vehicle. the driver denies this and said she didn't realize the spots were reserved. >> the information will be reviewed. we'll see where it leads and appropriate action will be taken. >> the judge could face jail time if convicted. it is 6:15 and time for traffic and weather every 10 mince. hi, jim. >> hi there,. we're looking at middle brook road. the biggest problem, wires down in the roadway and traffic is getting by at that point being turned around in each direction basically between 355 and the interchange with 270. here actually out on the beltway looking at things and traffic is in pretty good shape around the city. 270 has been very slow this morning. there was an citizen earlier off to th
it will be held at a massachusetts shutch not far from church not far from the kennedy come pound. she died tuesday after a series of strokes. a funeral mass will be held tomorrow. a charles county judge could face sanctions after a dispute over a parking pace. >> robert nalley admits he deflated the tire on a car that repeatedly parked in a restricted area. he said he left notes on the vehicle. the driver denies this and said she didn't realize the spots were reserved. >> the...
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. >> reporter: the most senior senator, robert byrd, said yesterday, "my heart and soul weeps" at the loss of the senator kennedy and called for naming the health care bill after him, a view wildly held bi by democrats. >> senator kennedy's spirit will infuse the congress towards the goal of providing coverage for all those people he cared for. >> reporter: the tactic has worked before. after the assassination of john kennedy, president johnson invoked his memory to revive the long-stalled civil rights bill. >> what president johnson did ten, by telling the congress and the people of america, that it was time to finish an unfinished agenda, was exactly the right thing to do. and i think it's the right thing to do again. >> reporter: but republicans, even those close to senator kennedy, are not buying it. >> frankly, i'm getting a little bit upset by some of these people trying to take advantage of this and saying we now have to pass health care reform because of ted. well, ted wouldn't want it passed if it wasn't good. >> reporter: and as for the most vocal opponents, they are unlikel
. >> reporter: the most senior senator, robert byrd, said yesterday, "my heart and soul weeps" at the loss of the senator kennedy and called for naming the health care bill after him, a view wildly held bi by democrats. >> senator kennedy's spirit will infuse the congress towards the goal of providing coverage for all those people he cared for. >> reporter: the tactic has worked before. after the assassination of john kennedy, president johnson invoked his memory to...
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in an emotional statement expressing his grief over the loss of his close friend, senator robert byrd of west virginia proposed that if healthcare is passed into law it should bear the name of senator kennedy. so we ask you tonight, do you think the healthcare bill should become the kennedy plan? tell us what you think by clicking on the "nightline" page or the twitter page. you can get all aspects of ted kennedy's life. abc coverage of the death of ted kennedy contues online and on a special edition of "good morning america." from all of us at abc news, good night, america. >>> hi, i'm jimmy kimmel, and tonight, we'll have music from matt & kim and you want to see a magic trick? watch very closely. see this quarter? now watch. it is behind your ear. >> wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> so for those of you who say i'm not talented, eat that. "jimmy kimmel live," back in two minutes. you could win $100,000 with scrabble at subway. play the game millions have won. everything from prius cars to beaches vacations, cash and live nation vip access. play scrabble at subway... where winners eat
in an emotional statement expressing his grief over the loss of his close friend, senator robert byrd of west virginia proposed that if healthcare is passed into law it should bear the name of senator kennedy. so we ask you tonight, do you think the healthcare bill should become the kennedy plan? tell us what you think by clicking on the "nightline" page or the twitter page. you can get all aspects of ted kennedy's life. abc coverage of the death of ted kennedy contues online and on a...
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resting place will be arlington nio cnalememetery where he will be buried ne his brothers, john and robert. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy later this morning and the private burial service today for senator kennedy will be held at 5:30. >> the funeral mass for senator kennedy will be held at 10:00 this morning at the basilica of our lady of perpetual help in boston. about 50,000 people are expected to attend including former presidents george bush, bill clinton, and jimmy carter. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy. the center will then be buried at arlington national cemetery near his brothers john and robert. abc 7 news will bring you full coverage. that is coming up tonight at abc 7 news at 6:00 and 11:00. >>> a d.c. police officer is recovering after being shot early this morning raid happened in the 1700 block of gale street. he is conscious and breeding and has a non-life threatening injuries. a suspect has been arrested. >>> investigators will return to the scene of a fire in southeast washington to determine the cause for the fireroke out late last night
resting place will be arlington nio cnalememetery where he will be buried ne his brothers, john and robert. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy later this morning and the private burial service today for senator kennedy will be held at 5:30. >> the funeral mass for senator kennedy will be held at 10:00 this morning at the basilica of our lady of perpetual help in boston. about 50,000 people are expected to attend including former presidents george bush, bill clinton, and jimmy...
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we're mourning the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. she was 88 years old. >> obviously, a very long life and legacy. she had been dealing with health ailments in these final years. but really stood out as somebody who was all about service. >> yeah. that was quite apparent. she was the fifth of the kennedy children. perhaps known most for starting the special olympics. her family said she set out to change the world and change us. and she did that and more. growing up alongside her dashing brothers, jack, ted and bobby, eunice shriver held a front-row seat to some of the greatest and some of the most tragic moments of the 20th century. but it was an unheralded member of the family, who inspired her life's work. her mentally challenged sister, rosemary. >> she taught us all, that adversity meant almost nothing. and that it could always be fun for all of us to be together. >> reporter: mrs. shriver shared a special closeness with rosemary. spending extra time with her. making sure she always felt included. that was a life lesson she neve
we're mourning the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. she was 88 years old. >> obviously, a very long life and legacy. she had been dealing with health ailments in these final years. but really stood out as somebody who was all about service. >> yeah. that was quite apparent. she was the fifth of the kennedy children. perhaps known most for starting the special olympics. her family said she set out to change the world and change us. and she did that and more. growing up alongside...